ilEPORT OF THE STATE HOUSE COMMISSION 



MASSACHTJSEnS LEGISLATURE 



ADDITIONS TO THE STATE HOUSE. 



Authorized by Chapter 150, Resolves of 1912. 



January 1, 1913. 




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1913. 



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MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATUEE 



ADDITIONS TO THE STATE HOUSE. 



Authorized by Chapter 150, Resolves of 1912. 



January 1, 1913. 



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1913. 






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REPORT OF THE STATE HOUSE 
COMMISSION. 



State House, Boston, Jan. 1, 1913. 
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives. 

The State House Commission has the honor to present 
herewith its report on the subject of erecting an addition to 
the State House, — prepared under authority of the follow- 
ing resolve : — 

Resolves of 1912, Chapter 150. 
Eesolve to provide for Improvements in the State House. 
Resolved, That the state house commission, provided for by sec- 
tion seventeen of chapter ten of the Revised Laws, is hereby author- 
ized and directed to cause to be prepared plans for alterations in, 
or additions to, the existing state house, which plans shall provide 
for the erection of an addition thereto so as to furnish accommoda- 
tions required at the present time for the various departments of 
the commonwealth and which shall also provide for future require- 
ments. The commission is directed to consult with, and to obtain 
the co-operation of, the state art commission, as established by 
chapter four hundred and twenty-two of the acts of the year nine- 
teen hundred and ten, in the preparation of said plans and to report 
the plan or plans approved by the state house commission to the 
next general court not later than the tenth day of January, nine- 
teen hundred and thirteen, with such recommendations as it may 
deem advisable. For the purposes of this resolve the state house 
commission may expend from the treasury of the commonwealth 
such sums as the governor and council may approve. [Approved 
June 13, 1912. 

The subject-matter of this resolve has been under discus- 
sion for several years. The corner stone of the State House 
Extension was laid Dec. 21, 1889, and the building was first 



occupied in 1895; but even witli the large amount of space 
made available by the Extension, certain departments then 
had offices outside of the State House. While many bills have 
been presented from time to time covering various phases of 
the general proposition, an outline is given herewith of the 
bills that were enacted into law. 

Chapter 5, Resolves of 1899, provided for a survey of the 
State's property and adjacent property, and estimates of the 
value of such adjacent lands. 

Chapter 457, Acts of 1899, limited the height of buildings 
bounded by Beacon, Joy, Myrtle and Hancock streets and 
Hancock Avenue. 

Chapter 382, Acts of 1900, provided for the removal of 
buildings east of the State House, between Bowdoin and 
Mount Vernon streets, thus making way for the park. 

Chapter 525, Acts of 1901, limited the height of buildings 
on or within 95 feet of Beacon Street, between the Claflin 
building, so called, and Park Street; also any part of any 
building on or within 42 feet of Bowdoin Street, between 
Allston and Beacon streets. 

Under section 5 of this latter act, the estates Nos. 8, 10, 12 
and 14 Mount Vernon Street "were acquired by the Common- 
wealth " for the purpose of providing accommodations for the 
various departments of the Commonwealth and of securing 
an open space around the state house, and for any other neces- 
sary and convenient uses of the Commonwealth." 

In 1907, the State House committee of the Legislature 
made an exhaustive study of the question of additional ac- 
commodations. An extension of the building by means of 
wings was approved, but it necessitated taking land between 
Mount Vernon Street and Beacon Street for the west wing 
at a verj^ large expense. Out of that report grew chapter 545, 
Acts of 1907, whereby the president of the Senate, one senator 
and one representative made a recess investigation. They 
investigated the possibility of rearranging offices and the 
question of acquiring land for future development. They also 
decided that east and west wings would be the best ultimate 
solution, but for the time being it was Vv'iser to recommend an 
office buildino- made bv remodelinc: the four Mount Vernon 



Street estates. This was finally thought inadvisable, owing 
in the main to the condition of the houses. 

In 1911, an effort was made to bring some pf the outside 
departments into the State House, but no law was enacted. 

In 1912 the question of a building for the use of State 
departments was brought up, and by chapter 102 of that year 
the State House Commission was directed to investigate the 
advisability of constructing such a building upon the land 
owned by the Commonwealth on the southerly side of Mount 
Vernon Street, immediately west of Hancock Avenue. This 
resolve was signed May 11, 1912, and the commission imme- 
diately held public hearings on the matter, with a view to 
studying the question thoroughly. At the request of the com- 
mission, Mr. William Chapman presented j^lans for an office 
building, together with his plans for east and west wings. 
The commission at this time considered, also, various plans 
presented by Boston architects, which contemplated east and 
west wings. 

In executive session, the commission studied the various 
plans and testimony submitted, and concluded that under the 
then existing conditions the problem could best be solved by 
purchasing the Robert Treat Paine estate, situated on Mount 
Vernon and Joy streets and Mount Vernon Place, adjoining 
the property owned by the Commonwealth, and erecting a 
building for the use of the departments. 

This report was referred to the committee on State House 
of the Legislature, and after public hearings the committee 
reported a resolve which was enacted into law as chapter 150, 
Resolves of 1912, under which the State House Commission 
has been working since the prorogation of the Legislature, 
and under which the present report is made. 

The commission has held twelve meetings (June 19 to 
December 19 inclusive). At the first meeting Mr. William 
Chapman was retained as architect. In the forenoon of 
July 31 the State House Commission had a conference with 
the_ Massachusetts Art Commission, the whole subject was 
carefully and thoroughly discussed, and it was decided to 
employ Mr. R. Clipston Sturgis and Mr. Robert D. Andrews 
to be associated with Mr. Chapman, the State House Com- 



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mission to make the arrangements with them. In the after- 
noon of the same day a conference was held with the three 
gentlemen named, and on August 5 a tentative form of agree- 
ment was presented for consideration. This form of agTee- 
ment was redrafted with the assistance of the Attorney-Gen- 
eral's department, and was signed on Aug. 17, 1912, by the 
State House Commission, Thomas F. Pedrick, Albert P. 
Langtry and Elmer A. Stevens, on behalf of the Common- 
wealth, and the three architects, William Chapman, E. Clip- 
ston Sturgis and Robert D. Andrews, the Governor and 
Council having that day approved the general j)lan of pro- 
cedure which had been outlined to them by the State House 
Commission. The architects were given the use of room 505 
by the sergeant-at-arms, and immediately began the prepara- 
tion of plans in co-operation with the views of the two 
commissions, their work to date covering preliminary studies 
and the first working drawings. 

To insure the final artistic completion of the State House, 
the members of both commissions were fully agreed that, 
whatever portion might be built now, it should be a part of 
some plan that could be unanimously approved by both, and 
such that it would not interfere with the historic Bulfinch 
front, — a plan that the State could cordially adopt. It is 
along these lines that the work has progressed. 

On September 27 a meeting of both commissions was held 
to consider the first report of the architects. To determine 
the accommodations that will be required, the architects made 
a careful tabulation of the departments that the Common- 
wealth is now paying rent for, as well as the departments 
already in the State House. A study was also made of the 
dimensions which were theoretically the best from a purely 
commercial point of view, and it was felt that, whereas the 
Extension allows but 50 per cent, of the total area for offices, 
on the basis of other buildings that were examined the pro- 
portion of two-thirds might be taken as a minimum. To 
decide these things involved a study to determine the width 
of a building that would give the best lighted offices and 
sufficient corridor space, the level of the floors and the spac- 
ing of the support for the floors. These compilations were 



studied in connection with the data of the existing Bulfinch 
front, especially along its beautiful architectural lines. The 
architects were of the opinion that if a building were to be 
erected on Mount Vernon Street, — which in itself is not 
inconsistent with a carefully prepared plan for the future 
development of the State House, — and directly connected 
with the State House, a building of similar form should be 
erected on the east; consequently the distance between the 
State House and Bowdoin Street was a determining factor 
in planning for the west wing, and the length of the east wing 
would determine the position of the forward wings, which 
seemed to make what the architects term the best block plan 
for the future development. 

To establish standards for comparative study, including 
the approximate point of connection with the State House, — 
on the northerly end of the Bulfinch front, — consideration 
has been given to the height of the stories, the width of the 
portions extending parallel to Mount Vernon Street, east and 
west, and the distance from the main building to the termi- 
nating or L-shaped portion of completed wings. On this basis 
the architects have worked out a block plan comprising east 
and west wings, the area and cube of which can be accurately 
determined. 

Five schemes were presented to us, each giving the re- 
quired accommodations, economically planned and capable of 
satisfactory architectural treatment, but differing in many 
essentials. These plans were all based on a building of fire- 
proof material, including metal doors and windows, masonry 
floors finished with linoleum in offices, marble base and cas- 
ings, and metal cornice. 

Whatever addition is made, there is no doubt but that it 
should be in harmony with the Bulfinch front. That historic 
building is made of brick and wood, all of which is painted. 
The Extension is made of yellow brick and marble. The 
contemplated additions can be made of common but durable 
material, and painted to correspond with the Bulfinch front. 
The solution of this point is one of the important elements 
which enters into the cost as well as the matter of desigTi. 
So the commission decided that the additions should be of 



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first-class construction and finish inside, and that the exterior 
be of common brick and stone, after the design of the Bulfinch 
front. 

For the sake of comparisons, eight buildings of fireproof 
construction in Boston were taken as a basis, the cost of each 
analyzed, with the result that 40 cents per cubic foot has been 
taken as an estimate for additions of the type proposed. Of 
the five studies submitted to us, three were eliminated, owing 
mainly to the fact that a large amount of land would have to 
be purchased. One study showed the office building that was 
presented at the last session of the Legislature, which was to 
extend from the State House to Joy Street, and involved the 
purchase of the Robert Treat Paine estate. All studies were 
compared with this as a standard office building. 

The fifth study showed an 85-foot lateral wing on the west, 
and a completed wing, with fonvard projection, on the east, 
all on the land now owned by the Commonwealth. This plan 
will give a greater amount of space for office purposes than 
would the standard office building; it involves a smaller ex- 
penditure, besides requiring no money for the purchase of 
land. This plan 5 also includes the carrying out of one 
feature which the State House Commission deems absolutely 
essential, that is, provision for a large hearing room that will 
accommodate at least 800 people. This can be placed in the 
basement and sub-basement of the forward east wing; it will 
be easily accessible to the public, and will not interfere with 
other portions of the building or occupy space that is espe- 
cially valuable for other purposes. One other feature that 
appeals to us is that when the structure is completed, all, with 
the exception of the termination of the west wing (which can 
be built in the future), will stand on the present property of 
the Commonwealth. 

Both the State House Commission and the State Art Com- 
mission believed that plan No. 5 would be the most satis- 
factory to use as a basis, and the architects were therefore 
instructed to continue their work on the general scheme as 
outlined in that plan. The Art Commission has formally 
endorsed this general scheme of development, which contem- 
plates east and west wings terminating in pavilions on the 



north and south axis. It also approves of the State House 
Commission's suggestion that the units marked A, D and E 
on the general layout should be first constructed. Both com- 
missions further believe in the employment of brick, to be 
painted. 

Between the commission's meeting of September 27 and 
October 31, the architects studied more in detail the floor 
area, cubical contents and approximate cost, and on the latter 
date submitted to us the following table, using plan Xo. 5 as 
a basis : — 

Total floor area (square feet), 104,126 

Total area 'available for offices (square feet), . . 86,866 

Net office area without hearing room (square feet), . 76,306 

Net area one floor (squax'e feet), ..... 17,550 

Total cubical contents (cubic feet), .... 1,615,000 

Approximate cost, $646,000 00 

Cost per square foot of office floor, .... $7 43 

Included in this cost as given are items for heating, ven- 
tilating, electric wiring and fixtures, plumbing and elevators. 
In addition to the approximate cost it will be necessary to 
provide for such changes in the surrounding grounds as may 
be necessary, also to include an item for the cost of adminis- 
tering the work. 

A study has been made of the grades, approaches and 
thoroughfares, and the commission is of the opinion that 
public thoroughfares open day and night through or under 
the building are not necessary in either wing, but by having 
entrances at the level of the first floor in the center of both 
wing connections a daytime thoroughfare can be permitted 
through the building, thus providing for the rights of the 
public. 

Under the direction of the State House Commission, the 
architects have made a series of studies showing the various 
departments now outside the State House and the depart- 
ments within the building that either now or in the near 
future will require additional accommodations, and fitting- 
plans have been made, not with aiiy idea that the various 



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departments will be located as outlined, — for the assignment 
of rooms is the province of the Governor and Council, — but 
simply to be sure that ample office area is provided to accom- 
modate all the departments that are to be located within the 
building. There will still remain over 10,000 square feet of 
unassigned area, which will allow for a normal growth and 
for such transfers in rooms for legislative committees and 
departments as may prove necessary. 

Attached to this report are the following : — 

1. Final report of the architects to the State House Com- 
mission. 

2. A comparison of the rentals in 1905 and 1912, together 
with a detailed list of the departments now outside the State 
House and the amount of rental paid for each. 

3. A form of bill to provide for construction. 
Accompanying this rejDort are the following plans of the 

proposed additions : — 
iNo. 1. General layout. 
ISTo. 2. Basement. 
'No. 3. First floor. 
ISTo. 4. Second floor. 
No. 5. Third floor. 
No. 6. Fourth floor. 
No. 7. Fifth floor. 
No. 8. Beacon Street elevation. 
No. 9. Side and rear elevations. 
Also a model and a perspective drawing. 

SUMMAEY. 

From all the data gathered, the State House Commission 
finds that the departments can best be accommodated if units 
are built on the east and west of the present building, — the 
first proof being that greater area can be obtained, as shoAvn 
by the plans submitted herewith ; and secondly, that the Com- 
monwealth will not have to purchase land, thus making it 
possible, as concisely stated in the report of the architects, 
to apply the whole of such sum as may be appropriated by 



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the Legislature to the erection and completion of the addi- 
tions. 

The State House Commission, therefore, in consideration 
of all the facts, recommends that the general plan of erecting 
east and west wings, terminating in forward pavilions on the 
north and south axis, be adopted as the final solution of en- 
larging the State House; that the first construction be the 
units known as A, D and E, as shown on the general layout; 
that the fireproof additions be attached to the present build- 
ing at the rear of the Bulfinch front, and constructed in all 
details in accordance with the report of the architects ; that 
the material used be common brick and inexpensive stone or 
cement, to harmonize with but not overshadow the Bulfinch 
front ; that the exterior be painted white, similar to the eapitol 
at Washington, — all of which is unanimously approved by 
the State Art Commission. 

In considering the amount of money that will be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of this report, provision should be 
made, as has already been mentioned, for certain sums of 
money outside the actual cost of construction, — for such 
items as necessary changes in the surrounding grounds and 
for administrative work. Another item that will have to be 
considered in the not distant future is the matter of new ma- 
chinery to replace old. The additions will, of course, be 
heated and lighted from the main plant, which, under a 
resolve of the present year, has been partially remodeled by 
the installation of certain new boilers, engines, generators, 
etc. Within a few years it may be necessary to renew some 
other parts of the machinery which have been in use for 
many years. All these matters have been under advisement 
in connection with the actual work of construction ; and in 
order that the work can be properly carried out, and the best 
results obtained for the Commonwealth, the State House 
Commission recommends that the sum of $800,000 be appro- 
priated to fulfill the recommendations in this report, and that 
the accompanying act be passed. 

In recommending this amount of money we feel safe in 
saying that the State tax vdll not be increased one dollar 



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thereby. The i^entals would provide annually for the retire- 
ment of the serial bonds falling due, and for the payment of 
the interest on the loan, therefore no additional burden will 
be placed upon the people of the Commonwealth. 

Respectfully submitted, 

THOMAS F. PEDRICK, Chairman, 
ELMER A. STEVENS, 
ALBERT P. LANGTRY, 

State House Commission. 



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REPORT OF THE ARCHITECTS. 



Boston, Dec. 16, 1912. 

Mr. Tho^ias F. Pedrick, Chairman, State House Commission, State 
House, Boston. 

Dear Sir : — ■ The following is a summary of the chief facts 
concerning the work on the plans for the proposed extension of 
the State House, conducted under your supervision by the archi- 
tects. 

By chapter 150 of the Eesolves of 1912, it was resolved that 
the State House Commission, as provided for by section IT, 
chapter 10 of the Eevised Laws, and composed of Thomas F. 
Pedrick, Sergeant-at-Arms, chairman, Albert P. Langtry, Sec- 
retary of State, and Elmer A. Stevens, Treasurer and Eeceiver- 
General, be authorized and directed to " cause to be prepared 
plans for alterations in or additions to " the present State House. 
They were directed to consult with and obtain the co-operation 
of the State Art Commission, composed of Waldo Lincoln, 
chairman, H. S. Hunnewell, W. A. Burnham, Charles D. 
Maginnis and Walter Gilman Page, and report to the next Gen- 
eral Court not later than Jan. 10, 1913. This resolve was ap- 
proved by the Governor June 13, 1913. 

At this time the Commonwealth was renting offices for a large 
number of its departments, paying annually a sum which repre- 
sented interest on over $1,000,000, and economy and efficiency 
alike demanded that the Commonwealth should build suitable 
offices for these departments. 

On July 31, 1912, the State House Commission called a con- 
ference with the State Art Commission with a view to deciding 
how best to carry out the provisions of the act, and prepare the 
plans for submission to the Legislature. It was decided to ask 
three architects to undertake the work conjointly. Mr. Chap- 
num, who for twenty years had 1)een familiar with the State 
House, Mr. ilndrews, who had taken part in the restoration of 
the Bulfinch front, and ]\Ir. Sturgis were asked to undertake 
the work. The employment of these architects was necessarily 
limited to the preparation of plans, and to the date set for the 
presentation of these plans, — Jan. 10, 1913. 



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An agreement satisfactory to all was drawn, and on Ang. 17, 
1912, this was signed by the State House Commissioners on 
behalf of the Commonwealth, by Eobert D. Andrews, William 
Chapman and E. Clipston Sturgis. An office for the conduct 
of the work was established in the State House and work im- 
mediately began. 

The architects prepared their first studies, and on Sept. 27, 
1912, made a preliminary report to the State House Commission 
and to the State Art Commission. This report covered (1) 
accommodation required; (2) the economical plan; (3) the 
architectural problems presented, with the object of determin- 
ing, first, the best general scheme for the development of the 
State House ; second, the order in which the various portions of 
the proposed whole might most advantageously be built; and 
third, the connection with the old building which would be most 
practical and disturb least the existing building. 

The architects submitted a general scheme which contemplated 
two wings extending parallel with Mount Vernon Street, east 
and west, a distance of about 87 feet, and terminating with 
wings at right angles coming forward to the south, a distance 
of about 90 feet from the face of the new wings. Of the com- 
plete structure as here contemplated, all, with the exception of 
the termination of the west wing, came on property owned by 
the Commonwealth. -The architects submitted a plan for first 
construction which would avoid any necessity for the purchase 
of land, and they submitted a practical connection with the old 
building which disturbed nothing of importance. 

In arriving at these solutions the architects attempted a thor- 
ough survey of the whole situation. A careful and comprehen- 
sive study was made, first, of all the departments of the State 
which are now in rented quarters; second, of departments now 
housed in the State House which either now or in the near 
future will require additional accommodation ; and third, for the 
rearrangement of departments made necessary by the building 
of the addition. 

' As a result of these studies it was found that a number of 
different combinations of buildings, on the west, or on the east, 
or on both sides, would give the office accommodations required 
at this time and allow some space for growth. Of the various 
possibilities, that which showed the greatest accommodation for 
the least expenditure was the plan contemplating building on 
land belonging to the Commonwealth. This would include the 



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building of the west wing as far as the forward link, and the 
building of the east wing complete. 

The State House Commission had previously been strongly of 
the opinion that the most economical plan would be that which 
contemplated building only toward the west, but the figures 
presented at this meeting were conclusive in showing that the 
plan which avoided the purchase of land made the whole appro- 
priation available for the building, and consequently gave greater 
accommodation. 

At the same meeting the architects advised the use of common 
brick and an inexpensive stone or cement for the addition, with 
a view to painting the whole exterior white, similar to the capitol 
in Washington. The State Art Commission gave its opinion in 
favor of the general plan presented, and endorsed the suggestion 
of the white exterior. 

The State House Commission, after considering carefully the 
report of the architects, and studying the figures presented, on 
Oct. 7, 1912, approved both the general plan and the first con- 
struction recommended in the report. This construction in- 
volved changes in the present building, both east and west, and 
it w^as a matter of grave consideration as to how the connection 
could be made with the least disturbance to the existing build- 
ing, its present occupation or its important departments. 

On the general plan and on the first construction definite deci- 
sions were arrived at, but on the matter of connection there was 
as yet no decision given. After further study of this and other 
economic and planning problems, a second conference was held 
with the State House Commission, Oct. 31, 1912, and the archi- 
tects presented more complete drawings, showing the design of 
the exterior, the proposed connections, the location of the large 
hearing room, and the treatment of the approaches, and more 
detailed and complete estimates and studies or fitting plans 
showing how the departments could be accommodated. At this 
meeting the connections with the present building were ap- 
proved, and, in general, the design was likewise approved. The 
plan for connecting provides that the east and west wings shall 
be attached at the rear of the Bulfinch front. These wings will 
be about 55 feet deep, and planned so that while one window 
in the Senate reading room on the east and one in the office of 
the clerk of the House of Eepresentatives on the west will be- 
come interior windows, the rooms themselves will not be changed 
in any respect. 



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The various problems thus briefly outlined, the general 
scheme for final development, the portion to be built first, the 
accommodation and cost of this building, its relation to and con- 
nection with the present building, and the general character of 
the design, had in two months been studied by the arcliitects, 
and a solution, upon which all three were agreed, presented to 
the State House Commission. These solutions were carefully 
considered and reviewed by the commission and unanimously 
accepted, and, on presentation to the Art Commission they were 
again unanimously confirmed. This the commission considers 
the best evidence that right solutions have been reached. 

Careful and detailed study led up to the plans presented at 
this October 31st meeting, and they included a mass of tabu- 
lated information as to the departments, showing the space now 
occupied, the growth in recent years and a schedule of all furni- 
ture and fittings, which served as a basis for the detailed fitting 
plans previously mentioned; also comparative figures of all the 
more recent office buildings, as guides in estimating the cost 
of this building. The grounds were carefully surveyed and a 
model made to facilitate study of the approaches. 

The important matters settled at the meeting of October 31 
enabled the architects to proceed with acciirate figured draw- 
ings, from which the plans now presented were traced. The 
originals are in such forward condition as to ensure prompt 
completion when the work is authorized. 

The study of the exterior and the approaches was carried on 
through November. The architects felt it to be of the highest 
importance that the new portion, while harmonizing with the 
old, should not challenge comparison with, but should be sub- 
ordinate to, the Bulfinch front. On Nov. 29, 1912, the architects 
submitted to the Art Commission designs showing the slight 
variants which were the result of their study, and the Art Com- 
mission and the architects in conference agreed at that time on 
the general character of the exterior shown on the drawings 
submitted; the surface of the connecting links broken only by 
flat pilasters, with a slight accent on the three center bays, the 
forward wings repeating this on the sides, and terminating on 
the end with the Corinthian order of the Bulfinch front. 

The grounds on the east will be somewhat changed by the new 
wing, and no open thoroughfare is maintained, Init tlie new 
approach is a distinct improvement, making a fine setting for 
tlie Hooker monument : and in the inner court now formed the 



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setting of the Beacon monument will be simpler and much more 
dignified than in the present arrangement. On the west there 
is at the present no change. 

The following is a brief statement in regard to the accommo- 
dations required and the accommodations furnished in the pro- 
posed building. The departments outside the State House fall 
into four classes : first, those established and fully organized, 
and which belong naturally in the State House; second, those 
organized but permanently located elsewhere, as the antitoxin 
laboratory and the Commission on Pi"obation; third, those not 
requiring an office, such as the Ballot Law Commission or the 
Board of Embalming ; and fourth, offices, the nature of whose 
work requires that they should be located in the business district. 

These departments at present occupy approximately 46,000 
square feet of space. In no case is this floor space especially 
adapted to the departments occupying it, and in many cases 
the space used is excessive in area because not thoroughly avail- 
able. The departments can be housed to better advantage in 
offices especially fitted to their needs. 

The proposed building provides approximately 76,300 square 
feet of available office space, and, in addition to this, provides 
for a hearing room capable of seating about 800 people. Every 
department at present outside of the State House can be housed 
comfortably in this area, and there will be additional space 
allotted to the departments interfered with by the new building. 
The detailed furniture and fitting plans previously referred to 
embody enlarging the quarters of those departments in the State 
House which require more room, and the transfer of some over- 
crowded departments to the new building. With all these ad- 
justments the net result, after accommodating every department, 
is a surplus of 10,162 square feet. Part of this would seem 
suitable for use as committee rooms, replacing those taken for 
departments in the present building. Even then about 6,478 
square feet would remain unassigned, and each department as 
placed in the detailed fitting plan will have some room for 
growth. 

The cost of the building is based on the most completely fire- 
proof construction; the exterior and bearing walls common 
brick, with stone or cement, all painted; floors finished with 
marble, terrazzo or linoleum laid on cement ; window frames 
and sash metal, white enamel; doors, steel; base and casings, 
marble; cornices, metal, to paint, ^o wood, either in construe- 



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tion or finish. This is the best type of modern office building, 
is safer for departments where records must be kept, and is 
most economical to maintain. The addition will be heated and 
lighted from the main plant, will have adequate ventilation for 
hearing and committee rooms, good elevator service, and ample 
plumbing facilities in all offices. The estimates are therefore 
based on an absolutely fireproof office building, with everything 
complete except movable furniture and the grounds. 

The architects, by comparison with other buildings, fix 40 
cents per cubic foot as a fair estimate, and at this rate the build- 
ing is $646,000. Without heating, ventilating, wiring, elevators 
and plumbing, the cost of construction might be placed at 35 
cents per cubic foot, or $565,000. The eliminated trades are 
estimated at: heating, $40,000; wiring and fixtures and extra 
engines, $40,000; two elevators, $15,000; plumbing, $25,000; 
a total of $120,000 for domestic engineering, which, with the 
$565,000, gives $685,000 for the building, an amount represent- 
ing 421/4 cents per cubic foot, and, in our judgment, entirely 
safe. The work on the grounds immediately connected with 
the east wing should certainly be included, and also the cost 
of administration, covering fees of the architects, engineers and 
other expenses necessary to the conduct of the work; $25,000 
is estimated to cover the former and $55,000 to cover the latter. 

The complete statement, therefore, is as follows : — 

The building' complete, with the exception of furniture 

and grounds, $685,000 

The grounds, 25,000 

Administration expenses, 55,000 



$765,000 



However carefully such estimates are made, they are but ap- 
proximate, and there should be a reasonable margin in making 
an appropriation. 

All the above is respectfully submitted, 

EGBERT D. A^^DEEWS. 
WILLIAM CHAPMAN. 
E. CLIPSTON STUEGIS. 



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RENTALS. 



To show the increase in necessary office space by a compari- 
son of rentals, the State House Commission finds that in 1905, 
ten years after the completion of the State House Extension, 
ten departments were occupying rooms outside the State House, 
the Commonwealth paying a total rental that year of $26,029.79. 

During the seven years that have elapsed since then, the 
State's business has greatly increased, necessitating the leasing 
of many more offices, until at the present time the Common- 
wealth is paying as yearly rentals in Boston for State depart- 
ments the sums that appear in the following tabulation : — 



Attorney-General's engineer of grade crossings 

Blind, Commission for the, 

Charity, State Board of, . 

County Accounts, Controller of, 

Consumptives, Trustees of Hospitals for, 

Dentistrj^, Board of Registration in 

Education, State Board of, 

Fire Hazard Commission, . 

Forester, State, 

Free Emj^loyment Office, Bureau of Statistics 

Industrial Accident Board, 

Insurance Commissioner, Workmen's Compen 

sation Bureau, 
Ipswich River Water Commission, 
Highway Commission, State, . 
Massachusetts Training Schools, 
Nautical Training School Commissioners, 
Optometry, Board of Registration in, 
Port of Boston, Directors of ihe, 
Probation Department, Lyman School, 
Savings Bank Insurance, .... 
Supervisor of Loan Agencies, . 

Smoke Abatement 

Tax Commissioner, ..... 



$350 00 

2,500 00 

1,440 00 

540 00 

800 00 

150 00 

3,800 62 

400 00 

2,540 00 

2,500 00 

3,350 00 

750 00 

300 00 

9,018 50 

200 00 

1,000 00 

1.000 00 

7,500 00 

300 00 

1,944 00 

1,500 00 

480 00 

1,427 00 



$43,790 12 



Amount carried foricard, 



$43,790 12 



20 

Amount brought forward, $43,790 12 

Paid by the State and assessed : — 
Gas and Electric Light Commission, . . $4,860 00 
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage 

Board, $4,000 00 



Taxes, 1911, amounted to . . 1,508 80 
Water, 1911, amounted to . . 79 80 



Metropolitan Park Commission, . . . 5,420 00 
Railroad Commission, 5,200 00 



5,588 60 


- 21,068 60 



$64,858 72 

In addition to the above approved rentals, the new ]\Iinimimi 
Wage Commission, State Board of Labor and Industries and 
Board of Panama-Pacific Managers will soon have to be pro- 
vided for, together with an item of approximately $2,900 for 
additional space for the Highway Commission. These Avill in- 
crease the total rental to considerably over $70,000. 



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©I]0 (Uommnnrnpaltlj of Haasarlpts^ttfl. 

In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirteen. 
AN ACT 

To provide for the Construction of Additions to the State House. 

Be if enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives in 
General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as 
follows: 

Section 1. For the purpose of providing suitable and ade- 
quate accoinniodations for the legislative and executive depart- 
ments of the state government, and for the several boards, com- 
missions and bureaus of the commonwealth whose offices are, or 
may be, located in the city of Boston, and for any other necessary 
and convenient uses of the commonwealth in the transaction of its 
business, the state house commission, with the advice and consent 
of the council, is hereby authorized and directed, in the name and 
behalf of the commonwealth, to cause to be removed all of the 
buildings now standing on lots numbered eight, ten, twelve and 
fourteen Mount Yernon street, in the city of Boston, now the 
property of the commonwealth. The commission may lay out 
any part of such land, also such portion of land in the state house 
park on the east as is required for the purposes of this act, by 
change of grade or otherwise. It may construct new approaches 
from any adjacent public streets and may build retaining walls 
and fences and may do whatever else may be necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this act. 

Section" 2. Said state house commission sliall employ the 
three architects who have, under its direction, prepared the first 
designs and plans, and shall cause them to carry to completion 
the plans and specifications for east and west wings terminating 
in forward pavilions on the north and south axis, being units 
A, B, D and E on the general plan approved by the state house 
commission and the state art commission. After the approval of 
the completed contract drawings and specifications by the gov- 
ernor and council, the said state house commission shall in 
bolialf of the commonwealth, contract for constructing and com- 



22 

pleting the buildings and the approaches thereto, comprising 
units A, D and E, being a lateral wing (unit A) on the west, 
and a completed wing with forward projection (units D and 
E) on the east; these units to be of fireproof construction, the 
material used to be common brick, and stone or cement, to har- 
monize with the Bulfinch front; to be attached to the state 
house at the northerly end of the Bulfinch front, and to be 
erected on land now owned by the commonwealth, all the details 
to be in accordance with the recommendations and plans sub- 
mitted by the said state house commission, and approved by the 
state art commission, but no contract shall be entered into until 
it has been approved by the governor and council. The said 
work of removal of the old buildings and construction of the 
new additions shall be begun as soon as possible after the passage 
of this act. 

Section 3. For the services which the state house commis- 
sion shall render in fulfilling the purposes of this act, each 
member of said state house commission shall receive such com- 
pensation as the governor and council may determine. 

Section 4. In order to defray the expenses Avhich may be 
incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act, the treasurer 
and receiver-general is hereby authorized to issue, in the name 
and behalf of the commonwealth, bonds or scrip to an amount 
not exceeding eight hundred thousand dollars. The said bonds 
or scrip shall be issued upon the serial payment plan from time 
to time as may be necessary, in such amounts and upon sucli 
terms, and shall be payable serially in such amounts and at such 
times, within a period not exceeding twenty years, as shall be 
determined by the treasurer and receiver-general, with the ap- 
proval of the governor and council, to be for the best interests of 
the commonwealth. 

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



^c 



HOUSE .... No. 913 



T)ill aoconipanyiiig the petition of Thomas F. Peurick for the com- 
plelion of the west wing of tlie State House. State House and Li- 
braries. January 18. 



Ci}e CommonUjealtf) of cpasgacbusetts* 



In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen. 



AN ACT 

To provide tor the (\)in[)k'tion of the Addition on the 
Westerly Side of the State House. 

Be, it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires 

{)t General Court assembled, and by the authority of the 

same, as follows: 

1 Section 1. For the purpose of providing suitahU' and 

•2 adeiiuate accommodations for the necessary or convenient 

8 usesofthecommonwcahh in the transaction ofits business 

4 the state house buildinu- commission estal)lished under the 

5 provisions of cha])ter eiuht hundred and thirty of the 
t; acts ot the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall con- 
7 struct a forward projection on the lateral wing which is 
S to be constructed on the Avest side of the present Imilding, 
1) substantially the same as that pi-ovided for on tiic east 

10 side by said chapter eight hundred and thirty : and tor 

1 1 this purpose shall purchase or take in fee simple, in behalf 

12 of the c(nnm()nwcalth. subject to the npproval of the gov- 



2 STATE HOUSE ADDITIOX. [Jan. 

13 ernor and council, the propoi-ty adjoining the state liouse 

14 on the west, bounded by Hancock avenue, Mount Yernon 

15 street, Joy place and a line between the estates of James 

16 M. Forbes heirs, and Robert T. Paine, between Mount 

17 Vernon place and Joy place, and through the Kobert 

18 Treat Paine estate on Mount A^eruon street and a line 

19 between the estates of -Jtrh n - Pr t c M^-ftft-d- H. Rand^ on 

20 Hancock avenue ; and the provisions of chapter two hun- 

21 dred and sixty-two ot the acts of the year eighteen hun- 

22 dred and eighty-two, relating to the manner of taking and 

23 the estimation and payment of damages shall apply to the 
21 taking under this section. 

25 The said commission shall cause to be removed all the 

26 Iiuildings now standing on said property, and may lay 

27 out by change of grade or otherwise, any part of the land 

28 so taken or adjoining land of the commonwealth as may 
2!> be rc(juired for t'le purpose of this act. It may construct 

30 new ai)pr()aclu>s from any adjacent public streets and may 

31 build retaining walls and fences, and may do whatever else 

32 may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. 

1 Section 2. The said commission is hereby authorized 

2 to make on l)eha]f of the commonwealth all contracts for 

3 the construction of said building : provided, that all work 

4 on said building shall be done by express contract and that 

5 pr()[)osals for work or material exceeding two thousand 
() dollars in value shall be advertised for in at least two daily 

7 papers published in the city of Boston, and one each in 

8 the cities of Worcester, Sjunngfield, Fall Kiver, Lowell 
!l and Lawrence. All contracts shall be ai)proved 1)V the 

10 governor and council. The work of removal of the old 

11 buildings and the construction of the addition herein pro- 

12 vided for shall begin as soon as is possible after the pas- 

13 saije of this act. 



1915.] HOUSE ^ No. 9i:]. 

1 Sections, In order to defray the expeiiJ^e.^^ which 

2 may be incurred iii carrjnng out the provisions of this act, 
8 the treasurer and leceiver-general is hereby authorized 

4 to issue, in the naiiieofthe connnonwealth, Ifonds or scrip 

5 to an amount not exceedini!: six hundred thousand dollai's. 
(I The said bonds or scrip sluiil be issued upon the serial 

7 payment plan from time to time as may be necessary, in 

8 such amounts and u})on such terms, and shall be paya])le 
!> serially in such amounts and at sucli times, within a period 

10 not exceeding thirty years, as shall be determined by the 

11 treasurer and receiver general, with the a})pr()val of the 

12 go\ernor and council, to he for the best interests of the 

13 connnonwealth. 

1 Section 4. This act shall lake eflect upon its passaoe. 



[Chap. 830.] ^. . 

An Act to provide for the construction of additions to the state 

HOUSE. 

Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 

Section 1. For the purpose of providing suitable and adequate ac- 
commodations for the legislative and executive departments of the state 
government and for the several boards, commissions and bureaus of the 
commonwealth whose offices are, or may be, situated in the city of Boston, 
and for any other necessary or convenient uses of the commonwealth in 
the transaction of its business, the state house building commission, hereby 

established, shall construct additions to the state house in accordance with 
the provisions of this act. The said commission shall consist of three 
members, one of whom shall be an experienced builder, and shall be ap- 
pointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. The 
general plan of the said additions shall be substantially in accordance with 
the report of the state house commission to the general court, made in 
accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty of the 
resolves of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, said report being house 
document number 133 of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen. 

Section 2. The exterior or surface material of tiie additions constructed 
in accordance herewith shall be of such material as the commission may 
determine: provided, however, that brick shall not be used unless the com- 
mission decides that it is desirable to restore the Bulfinch front to its original 
condition, in which case unpainted red brick may be used, and the Bulfinch 
front shall not be altered, except that it may be cleaned of paint or painted 
so as to harmonize with the extensions. There shall be a lateral wing on 
the west side of the present building and a lateral wing on the east side 
with forward projections, in accordance with the recommendations of the 
said report. The said commission shall cause to be removed all the build- 
ings now standing on lots numbered 8, 10, 12 and 14 Mount Vernon street, 
in the city of Boston, now the property of the commonwealth. 

Section 3. The commission may lay out by change of grade or other- 
wise, any part of such land, and also such parts of land in the state house 
park on the east as may be required for the purposes of this act. It may 
construct new approaches from any adjacent public streets and may build 
retaining walls and fences, and may do whatever else may be necessary 
to carry out the purposes of this act. There shall be constructed and shall 
always be maintained adequate passageways for foot passengers, from 
north to south, through the said east and west extensions. 

Section 4. The said commission may invite architects or architectural 
firms to submit competitive plans and specifications for constructing the 
said additions to the state house and for making the alterations provided 
for by this act and by the said report, and the commission may accept one 
of the said plans, or any part thereof, or may take such means as it may 
deem proper to secure other plans in case no one of the plans so submitted 
is satisfactory to the commission. No plan shall finally be selected until 
it is approved by the governor and council. The commission may employ 
a superintendent whose compensation shall be determined by the governor 
and council. 

Section 5. The said commission is hereby authorized to make on 
behalf of the commonwealth all contracts for the construction of said 
building: provided, that all work on said building shall be done by express 
contract and that proposals for work or material exceeding two thousand 
dollars in value shall be advertised for in at least two daily papers published 
in the pity of Boston, and one each in the cities of Worcester, Springfield, 
Fall River, Lowell and Lawrence. All contracts shall be approved by the 
governor and council. The work of removal of the old buildings and 
construction of the additions herein provided for shall begin as soon as is 
possible after the appointment of the commission herel)y established. 

Section 6. For the services which the state house building commission 
may render in carrying out the purposes of this act, each member of the 




commission slialFreceive such compensation as the governor and council 
may determine, to be paid out of the fund hereinafter provided for. No 
commissioner appointed under this act shall be, directly or indirectly, in 
any way interested in any contract made under this act, under penalty of 
removal from office by the governor and council, and of punishment as 
provided by section nine of chapter two hundred and ten of the Revised 
Laws. 

Section 7. In order to defray the expenses which may be incurred in 
carrying out the provisions of this act, tlie treasurer and receiver general 
is hereby authorized to issue, in the name and behalf of the commonwealth, 
bonds or scrip to an amount not exceeding nine hundred thousand dollars. 
The said bonds or scrip shall be issued upon the serial payment plan from 
time to time as may be necessary, in such amounts and upon such terms 
and shall be payable serially in such amounts and at such times, within a 
period not exceeding thirty years, as shall be determined by the treasure! 
and receiver general, with the approval of the governor and council, to b( 
for the best interests of the commonwealth. 

Section 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage. \Ayj)rom(. 
June IS, 1013. 



>i€HAP. 831.] 

A'jf^CT TO EEGUL.'^TE THE LABOR OF MINORS. 

Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 

Section 1. Section fifty-six of chapter five hundred ar 
the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, as anient 
fourteen of chapter seven hundred and seventy-nine of t 
year nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby further amenc 
out the said section and inserting in place thereof the follow 
56. No minor under fourteen years of age shall be employe 
to Work in or about or in connection with any factory, wo 
facturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, barber si 
stand or establishment, public stable, garage, brick or lumber ; 
exchange, telegraph or messenger office or in the constructic 
buildings, or in any contractor wage-earning industry carried 
or other houses. No minor under fourteen years of age sha 
at work performed for wage or other compensation, to whomj 
during the hours when the public schools are in session or sha 
at work before half-past six o'clock in the morning or aft( i' 
the evening. "^• 

MINORS under SIXTEEN. ''\ 

Section 2. No mingw under sixteen years of age shall I 
permitted to work in Operating or assisting in operating anj 
ing machines: (1) circular or band saws, (2) wood shapers,' 
ers, (4) planers, (5) picker machines or machines used ii* 
cotton, hair or any other material, (6) papcrlace machines, 
nishing machines, (8) job or cylinder printing presses opei 
other than foot power, (9) stamping machines used in sheet 
ware or in paper or leather manufacturing or in washer an 



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